Cyber Bullying The newest form of bullying.. What is cyber bullying?  Being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material using technological.

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Cyber Bullying The newest form of bullying.

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What is cyber bullying?  Being cruel to others by sending or posting harmful material using technological means; and individual or group that uses information and communication involving electronic technologies to facilitate deliberate and repeated harassment or threat to an individual or group  Also known as “electronic bullying” and “online social cruelty”.

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Cyber Bullying Occurance  Cyber bullying typically starts at about 9 years of age and usually ends after 14 years of age; after 14, it becomes cyber or sexual harassment due to the nature of the acts and age of parties involved.  Affects 65-85% of kids at some time during their adolescence.

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Cyber bullying occurrence cont.  90% of middle school students polled have had their feelings hurt online.  65% of students between 8-14 have been involved directly or indirectly in cyber bullying (the bully, victim, or friend of one)  50% had seen or heard of a website bashing of another student  75% had visited a website bashing

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Occurrence cont.  40% had their password stolen and changed by a bully (locking them out of their own account) or sent communications posing as them  Problems in studies: not assessing the real thing i.e. Only 15% of parents polled knew what cyber bullying was

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Legal Issues continued  The following kinds of speech can lead to arrest & prosecution:  Making threats of violence  Engaging in coercion  Obscene or harassing phone calls  Harassment or stalking  Hate or bias crimes  Creating or sending sexually explicit images of teens  Sexual exploitation  Taking a photo of someone in a place where privacy is expected